Beth Montelone
@bethmontphd.bsky.social
Cat mom, Wildcat fan, sometime scientist, full time sarcasm.
Monarchs and painted pumpkins in the K-State Gardens.
October 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Monarchs and painted pumpkins in the K-State Gardens.
Reposted by Beth Montelone
I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
September 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
Had to say goodbye to my sweet boy Chaz today. Kidney disease is miserable.
September 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Had to say goodbye to my sweet boy Chaz today. Kidney disease is miserable.
Stop doom scrolling and admire Wills and Chaz on International Cat Day!
August 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Stop doom scrolling and admire Wills and Chaz on International Cat Day!
So cool: Mary Lyon was right. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Decades-long mystery of ginger cats revealed
Researchers in Japan and US have unlocked the 60-year mystery of what gives cats their orange colour.
www.bbc.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So cool: Mary Lyon was right. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is just sickening. The "Endless Frontier" posited by Vannevar Bush has just been attenuated by the Trump administration and DOGE. Please write to your Congressional representatives.
May 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is just sickening. The "Endless Frontier" posited by Vannevar Bush has just been attenuated by the Trump administration and DOGE. Please write to your Congressional representatives.
Please, everyone, write to your Congresspeople!
🚨 Breaking: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
1️⃣ Removes/demotes division director leaders
2️⃣ Forced layoff notices to NSF staff going out tonight
3️⃣ More grant terminations expected tomorrow
One glimmer of hope: the 8 directorates appear to be staying
1️⃣ Removes/demotes division director leaders
2️⃣ Forced layoff notices to NSF staff going out tonight
3️⃣ More grant terminations expected tomorrow
One glimmer of hope: the 8 directorates appear to be staying
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Please, everyone, write to your Congresspeople!
Write to Congress!
Dismantling divisions, reducing programs, more grant terminations coming, more staff layoffs coming. The ramifications of these cuts are mind-boggling.
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
May 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Write to Congress!
Write to Congress! The Endless Frontier is being terminated!
Destroying the agency that brought us the internet, the SuperCollider and modern telescopes. Heading into the dark ages here
Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.
May 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Write to Congress! The Endless Frontier is being terminated!
Reposted by Beth Montelone
LISTEN TO ME. *NOW* IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REP AND SENATORS. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO, OR WHERE IN THE US YOU LIVE. I'M HERE BEGGING YOU.
#SaveNSF
Here are your talking points:
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
#SaveNSF
Here are your talking points:
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
democrats-science.house.gov
May 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
LISTEN TO ME. *NOW* IS THE TIME TO CALL YOUR REP AND SENATORS. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU DO, OR WHERE IN THE US YOU LIVE. I'M HERE BEGGING YOU.
#SaveNSF
Here are your talking points:
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
#SaveNSF
Here are your talking points:
democrats-science.house.gov/imo/media/do...
Rite of spring. First trip (of several) to the nursery pop-up. Plant coma...
April 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Rite of spring. First trip (of several) to the nursery pop-up. Plant coma...
Ice Follies and Tete-a-Tete daffodils joining the bloom party with the iris reticulata.
March 14, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Ice Follies and Tete-a-Tete daffodils joining the bloom party with the iris reticulata.
Ugh. I personally know at least three people fired today in the NSF purge. Such a waste.
February 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Ugh. I personally know at least three people fired today in the NSF purge. Such a waste.
Reposted by Beth Montelone
This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This website shows you how many jobs NIH funding creates for your state along with the overall economic activity generated.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
Oh fab. NIHReporter is down.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Oh fab. NIHReporter is down.
Wow, just wow. Read it and be terrified.
"RFK, the catastrophically awful nominee for HHS Secretary, told everyone at the NIH to "pack your bags" before the election...here you see that philosophy in action." www.science.org/content/blog...
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Wow, just wow. Read it and be terrified.
This is appalling.
NSF to lay off nearly half of its staff in the next two months. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This is appalling.
The luminaria are ready for tonight's neighborhood display.
December 24, 2024 at 10:12 PM
The luminaria are ready for tonight's neighborhood display.
He fits; therefore, he sits.
December 24, 2024 at 10:09 PM
He fits; therefore, he sits.
December 7, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Not the face of someone who steals the chair every time I get up.
November 27, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Not the face of someone who steals the chair every time I get up.
Photo on the left was one week ago. Photo on the right today. Empheral beauty.
November 23, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Photo on the left was one week ago. Photo on the right today. Empheral beauty.
Reposted by Beth Montelone
Please tell people I'm here. It's very important for me to get a lot of followers because I crave attention.
November 13, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Please tell people I'm here. It's very important for me to get a lot of followers because I crave attention.
Vuvuzuelas are the work of the devil. Thanks K-State Soccer for giving them out at tonight's game.
October 11, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Vuvuzuelas are the work of the devil. Thanks K-State Soccer for giving them out at tonight's game.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,165,050!
Okay, so it's a seven figure number but... and I live that my bluesky-versatile is Earth, Wind, and Fire Day!
Okay, so it's a seven figure number but... and I live that my bluesky-versatile is Earth, Wind, and Fire Day!
September 18, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,165,050!
Okay, so it's a seven figure number but... and I live that my bluesky-versatile is Earth, Wind, and Fire Day!
Okay, so it's a seven figure number but... and I live that my bluesky-versatile is Earth, Wind, and Fire Day!